Bike Trails

The region’s clearly marked mountain bike tours offer thrilling expeditions through beautiful natural landscapes for cyclists of all abilities. There are tours that include cable car trips, trails offering plenty of flow, and routes with challenging ascents. However you prefer to ride, the Engelberg region has the ideal tour for you.

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Engelberg-Äbnet/Alp Surenen

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Round trip up to the Äbnet/Alp Surenen with a fantastic panorama and culinary highlights.
easy
Distance 13.6 km
2:33 h
675 m
18 m
1,677 m
1,003 m

From the Engelberg train station, the trail leads through the village, past the Engelberg monastery, towards the valley station of the Fürenalp cable car station. On the Herrenrütistrasse it goes steadily uphill further into the valley. After about 1.5km the surface changes to gravel and leads past the restaurant Alpenrösli, famous for its rösti and desserts, to the cable car Stäfeli-Äbnet. If you like it more comfortable, you can now take the cable car up to Äbnet/Alp Surenen. The ride takes a good three minutes and takes you up to the alp 300 meters higher. Alternatively, you can also go up by muscle power: at the Alp Stäfeli the gravel road leads away to the right and crosses the Stierenbach. From there on the right side of the valley goes up and down the gravel road, in front of the flanks of the Spannörter and past the waterfall Stäuber, left away in the direction of Alp Surenen.

Arrived at the Alp Surenen, a unique panorama with Titlis, Schlossberg as well as the large and small Spannort offers itself. The right time for a break. Various delicacies from the alp are available in the Alpbeizli Surenen and in the sales store of the Alpkäserei Surenen, right next door.

Back to Engelberg we go in the direction of the Stäuber waterfall and from there along the gravel road in the direction of Stäfeli. The trail now leads, in the direction of travel, along the left side of the Stierenbach stream in the direction Engelberg.

Author’s recommendation

  • In the Surenen alpine cheese dairy, around 180,000 liters of milk are processed into alpine cheese, butter, cream, buttermilk and whey drinks every summer. The products can be bought directly in the store next door. A tour of the cheese dairy with subsequent tasting is also possible by appointment.
  • On the Alp Hobiel, which is nearby, there is the possibility to stay overnight in the middle of the mountains.
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Update: August 12, 2021
Difficulty
easy
Technique
Stamina
Experience
Landscape
Highest point
1,677 m
Lowest point
1,003 m
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Track types

Asphalt 26.53%Forested/wild trail 56.52%Road 16.94%
Asphalt
3.6 km
Forested/wild trail
7.7 km
Road
2.3 km
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Rest stops

Alpbeizli Hobiel Surenen
Alpbeizli Surenen auf dem Usseräbnet
Berggasthaus Stäfeli
Restaurant Alpenrösli

Tips and hints

Start

Train Station Engelberg
Coordinates:
SwissGrid
2'673'730E 1'185'683N
DD
46.818219, 8.404792
DMS
46°49'05.6"N 8°24'17.3"E
UTM
32T 454595 5185135
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Destination

Train Station Engelberg

Public transport

National and international connections (from Zurich airport connections every half hour with about 1h travel time) to Lucerne. Then with the Zentralbahn in 43 minutes through a varied landscape and gorges up to Engelberg.

Directions

By car, take the A2 (Basel-Gotthard) to Stans Süd, then take the main road 20 km to Engelberg. Engelberg is 30 minutes from Lucerne, 1 hour and 15 minutes from Basel, Zurich or Bern.

Parking

Parking spaces are available in Engelberg for a fee.

Coordinates

SwissGrid
2'673'730E 1'185'683N
DD
46.818219, 8.404792
DMS
46°49'05.6"N 8°24'17.3"E
UTM
32T 454595 5185135
w3w 
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Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

Equipment

Engelberg’s bike shops have a wide range of bikes and cycling accessories for sale or hire. It’s also worth stopping by if your bike is in need of repairs or replacement parts.

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Difficulty
easy
Distance
13.6 km
Duration
2:33 h
Ascent
675 m
Descent
18 m
Highest point
1,677 m
Lowest point
1,003 m
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